Discover the starting grid for the Austrian Grand Prix

The return of the weekend format Formula 1 with a sprint race on Saturday smiled at Max Verstappen (Red Bull). Like the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in Imola last April, the Dutch world champion easily beat his opponents, the first of whom Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), followed by Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).

Walking in the hills of Spielberg, Max Verstappen thus benefits from the best location on the starting grid for this eleventh round of the 2022 season. Indeed, the starting order is determined based on the result of the Sprint Race.

Thus, Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) obtains the right to start from fifth place. The Mexican nicely made up for an erratic Friday qualifying session (13th after a Q2 time withdrawn for failure to respect track limits). He will look to quickly gain the advantage over George Russell (Mercedes, 4th), less efficient in pure speed on the Red Bull Ring.

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- Formula 1 (@ F1) July 9, 2022

After waiting three years for his two cars to finish together in the points at Silverstone, Günther Steiner will follow with attention (and a little stress) the evolution of Kevin Magnussen et Mick Schumacher (Haas). The Dane (7th) and the German (9th) have a rare opportunity to score a convincing result in the top 10, even if the son of the seven-time world champion criticized the lack of team instructions in the Grand Sprint Race. Austrian Price. Atmosphere !

On the side ofAlpine, engineers will closely monitor the reliability of Esteban Ocon's mount, victim of an alert as soon as the checkered flag of the Sprint Race was crossed on Saturday afternoon in sixth place. As for Fernando Alonso, released by the mechanics even before the start, his mission will be to climb as high as possible from the back of the grid (19th).

The other Frenchman present, Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri, 14th) will try to negotiate the first turn better than the day before. The Norman had taken off following a collision with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, 8th). Victim of an accident at the start of the British Grand Prix the previous week, Guanyu-Zhou (Alfa Romeo) will start the event at the points gate (13th). Nicholas latifi (Williams) will celebrate his 50th F1 start this Sunday from 17th position, just ahead of the illustrious quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin).

Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), in exchange for a new power unit, will have to start from last position. The 2022 Austrian Grand Prix will be followed in live text on AUTOhebdo.fr from 15 p.m.

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